tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post8061224859081409027..comments2023-11-02T04:07:36.590-07:00Comments on team small dog: Hello and welcome to the movie Avatar, which has at least 14 strikes against it, yet which, inexplicably, I loved even though giant blue cat aliens.team small doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-76761776946713405042010-01-29T06:31:55.258-08:002010-01-29T06:31:55.258-08:00This is what I'm saying here. I am a classic A...This is what I'm saying here. I am a classic Avatar hater. Probably no one should hate Avatar more than me. Except for maybe my dad. Yet, inexplicably, I am willing to go see it again of my own free will.<br /><br />Creepy. Very creepy.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-56107613774198646972010-01-28T20:06:50.296-08:002010-01-28T20:06:50.296-08:00Hey Mary,
I hated Titanic too and would rather ha...Hey Mary,<br /><br />I hated Titanic too and would rather have a hot poker stuck in my eye than see Avatar.<br /><br />Laura #2Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550052612233001502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-85747284221030039002010-01-26T16:48:18.953-08:002010-01-26T16:48:18.953-08:00Oh, yeah, and they reseal the glasses between patr...Oh, yeah, and they reseal the glasses between patrons in sterile plastic bags, so presumably either (a) they're sterilized between times or (b) they're thrown away and new ones are created for everyone who wants to use them. They collect them in "recycling bins" at the end of the movie, so in theory they're not throwing them away.<br /><br />Aren't you glad you have a movie-going expert like me to guide you?Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-32347221914648956232010-01-26T16:46:31.162-08:002010-01-26T16:46:31.162-08:00As an experienced movie goer with glasses, I can a...As an experienced movie goer with glasses, I can assure you that wearing 3D glasses over one's regular glasses works just hunky dory, so, Mary, that is no excuse. I did not see it in 3D, either, and I wasn't planning to ever see it again, but if some agility people are going to go see it hereabouts in IMAX 3D I would be interested in going along for the joy ride.<br /><br />I thought it was an OK movie. Not great. Not something that I would tell everyone to go see. Something I'm glad I didn't originally spend full price 3D money for. I think it would be really crappy on a small-screen (TV-sized) presentation, because then you couldn't really appreciate the full immersion sorta-animation, so in the theater is where to see it if you're going to. I was greatly displeased with the characters and the plot. None-the-less, except for one five-minute spot about 1 hour and 48 minutes into the movie where I realized that I still had another hour to go and almost quit right there, it grabbed me again and for pretty much all the rest of the 3 hours I was dragged unwillingly into being riveted to my seat. I hat it when crappy movies do that, but I don't regret having seen it.<br /><br />And I *love* movie popcorn. The theater has to do really foul things to it before I can't handle it.<br /><br />So keep me posted, too, and Mary, I'll see you with the rest of hte crowd at the 3D IMAX Avatar agility showing.Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-89463343400356818782010-01-26T15:42:29.745-08:002010-01-26T15:42:29.745-08:00Crap, now I have to go see it.Crap, now I have to go see it.marycloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949811934631534425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-3640078021999089242010-01-26T11:10:27.425-08:002010-01-26T11:10:27.425-08:00Here's an email from someone that HATED the mo...Here's an email from someone that HATED the movie. Who shall remain anonymous because they're my dad and wouldn't want anyone to know they actually went to see this movie.<br /><br />>>>>><br />It's good I didn't e-mail you earlier. I hated the movie, mostly for all the reasons you laid out in your blog. To wit: great graphics that kept me interested for about 10 of the 243 minutes; impossible physics for all the sci-fi touches; childish plot; inane dialog; and moralistic preaching. This keeps me consistent: I have disliked every James Cameron movie I have had the misfortune to attend. I keep getting forced to see them because EVERYONE says they are good, even though I know better. And you did a good job of relating it to another movie I disliked, "Dances with Wolves". Summary: this would have been better placed as a video game.<br />The Unrepentant Critic<<<<<team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-71990478768763934062010-01-26T10:36:42.033-08:002010-01-26T10:36:42.033-08:00OK, another item on the list of activities to happ...OK, another item on the list of activities to happen in San Jose except this one can happen in the rain. Too bad we didn't go this morning because once again it won't stop raining and now off I go to work in the rain.<br /><br />A trip over the hill to IMAX is in order asap! Is this true you cannot wear the glasses over glasses because I have perhaps promised Gary this is possible? And then Mary will not ever believe me that this movie is actually fabulous despite that seeming impossible? Also do the glasses have weird germs on them from touching other IMAX goer's scalps? Like bowling shoes?team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-83674407874701722152010-01-26T09:36:35.470-08:002010-01-26T09:36:35.470-08:00Avatar,Avatar, Avatar!! I loved this movie. Laura ...Avatar,Avatar, Avatar!! I loved this movie. Laura Manchester-Derrett & Anne Kajava went with Jim and I to see it last night since we were all rained out from teaching classes and tired of sitting at our desks. Concensus from all 4 of us is, fabulous! I'd go again today, and *I* will go to the IMAX with you Laura, can't wait to wear the stupid 3D glasses again.<br /><br />Nancy GNancy Gyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986628970720500569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-65688035808039788042010-01-26T06:54:45.505-08:002010-01-26T06:54:45.505-08:00Mary we need to make James Cameron Trazillions of ...Mary we need to make James Cameron Trazillions of money. Bazillions weren't enough. Possibly Quadzillions if I go see it twice. You could drive over the hill with me to see it in James Cameron tm Imax 3Dtm. I never once thought I would fall asleep in this movie! Even though there are dinosaurs and fire shooting robots!team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.com